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Characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 from cases of bovine mastitis.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Apr 2010
Fessler Andrea, Scott Carly, Kadlec Kristina, Ehricht Ralf, Monecke Stefan, Schwarz Stefan
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OBJECTIVES: Twenty-five MRSA ST398 isolates from cases of bovine clinical mastitis and two isolates from farm personnel collected from 17 dairy farms in Germany were investigated for genetic relatedness, antimicrobial resistance and virulence properties. METHODS: Genomic relationships were determined by ApaI PFGE, spa typing, SCCmec typing and dru typing. Antimicrobial resistance phenotypes were determined by...
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